Teaching Resources

The sources listed below provide interdisciplinary instructional materials for the topics of climate change, sustainability and environmental justice.

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If you're interested in learning more about these resources or finding subject-specific sustainability teaching resources, please email iejs@seattleu.edu.

If you are interested in a one-on-one consultation with Dr. Tanya Hayes, Academic Director of the Institute for Environmental Justice and Sustainability, or Yolanda Cieters, Sustainability Director of the Institute for Environmental Justice and Sustainability, please email hayest@seattleu.edu or cietersy@seattleu.edu. 

Since the 2017 publication of the New York Times 产别蝉迟蝉别濒濒别谤鈥�Drawdown, the nonprofit organization “Project Drawdown” has emerged as a leading resource for information and insight about climate solutions offered by an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers. The鈥�痠nitiative offers a six-part educational video series focused on solutions. It also includes leads to other resources that encourage education and learning about climate solutions based on Project Drawdown’s research, analysis, and insights.

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has created鈥痑 鈥痶hat showcases assignments, exercises, presentations, syllabi and other learning materials related to sustainability. SU is a member of AASHE. All SU faculty, staff and students can sign up with their seattleu.edu email to access the AASHE resources. Contact the IEJS at鈥�iejs@seattleu.edu鈥痠f you have difficulty logging in.

The University of Michigan’s Center for Sustainable Systems has developed since 2001 a鈥痶hat cover topics including energy, water, food, waste, buildings, materials, and transportation systems. Each factsheet presents important patterns of use, life cycle impacts and sustainable solutions. They are designed to inform policymakers, business professionals, students and teachers. The factsheets are peer-reviewed and updated annually. The鈥�2021 edition鈥痗ontains more than 2,226 facts and 135 graphics compiled from 995 sources. 

鈥痺ere specially curated for educators or community leaders to use within groups of students, citizens and changemakers. Each collection includes five or more stories, a description, discussion questions and notes. Topics include the UN Sustainable Development Goals; building racial equity; Project Drawdown's 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming; pandemic responses and more.

Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy has created鈥�痶o integrate climate change, climate solutions and climate justice into courses for various disciplines including film, music, art, English, business, theater, Spanish, sociology, and more.

鈥痜rom鈥疌limate Interactive鈥痬ade for exploring how to address global climate challenges through large-scale policy, technological and societal shifts. You can create scenarios that focus on how changes in taxes, subsidies, economic growth, energy efficiency, technological innovation, agriculture, population, carbon pricing, fuel mix, etc. will change global carbon emissions and temperature. It is designed to be used interactively with groups where it can be the basis for conversations around addressing climate change and how to limit future global warming following the Paris Agreement. There are also鈥�痑惫补颈濒补产濒别.